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Tuesday, November 14
Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - Bay 4 Room
- Recommendation (130k PDF) on the Comparative Survival Study review
- Presentation and recommendation (150k PDF) on fish and wildlife manager coordination funding
- Discussion (1.4m PDF) of Bonneville in-lieu review
- Discussion (70k PDF) of innovative project solicitations
- Discussion (130k PDF) of next steps with provincial objective setting
Power Committee - 8:30am Casco Kid Island Room
- Resource adequacy implementation paper comments (150k PDF)
- Updating elements of the Power Plan: implications and options (60k PDF)
- Implications (760k PDF) of Washington RPS Initiative 937
- Fifth Plan Biennial Assessment interim reports (60k PDF)
- Coal (190k PDF)
- Other generating technologies (170k PDF)
- Role of Bonneville (70k PDF)
- Updates:
- Demand response (70k PDF)
- Wind integration (70k PDF)
Council Meeting - 1:30pm - Bay 4 Room
| 1:30 - 1:45pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Rhonda Whiting, chair, fish and wildlife committee. Jim Kempton, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee. | |
| 1. | 1:45 - 2:30pm | Presentation and Council decision on fish and wildlife manager coordination funding: Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning project manager; Brian Lipscomb, CBFWA; Jaime Pinkham, CRITFC, Mary Verner, UCUTs; and representatives from the Spokane and Kalispel tribes. | download 150k PDF |
| 2. | 2:30 - 3pm | Council decision on Comparative Survival Study review: Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations. | download 130k PDF |
| 3. | 3:15 - 3:30pm | Council decision on adoption of resource adequacy implementation paper (Council Document 2006-17):Terry Morlan, director, power division; and John Fazio, senior power systems analyst. | download 120k PDF |
| 4. | 3:30 - 3:45pm | Council decision on Implementation of Model Conservation Standards for new commercial buildings: Charlie Grist, senior analyst. | download 290k PDF |
| 5. | 3:45 - 4pm | Public comment on resource adequacy capacity metric and target (Council Document 2006-23): John Fazio. | download 60k PDF |
The Public Affairs Committee will meet at 4pm on Tuesday, November 14.
The Executive Committee will meet at 4pm on Tuesday, November 14.
Wednesday, November 15
The Council will meet in Executive Session at 8:30am on Wednesday, November 15 to discuss internal personnel and civil litigation matters
Council Meeting - 9:30am - Bay 4 Room
| 6. | 9:30 - 10am | Briefing on display and use of subbasin planning data: Phil Roger, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. | download 4.2mb PDF |
| 7. | 10 - 10:30am | Report on status of abundance monitoring for focal species: Doug Marker; Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish; and Steve Waste, manager, program analysis and evaluation. | download 70k PDF |
| 8. | 10:45 - 11am | Update on wildlife O&M data report: Ben Zelinsky, Bonneville Power Administration | download 60k PDF |
| 9. | 11am - Noon | Presentation on coordination of Council program with the Biological Opinion: Bob Lohn, regional administrator, NOAA Fisheries. Also see Bob Lohn's transcript | download 60k PDF |
| 10. | 1:30 - 2pm | Update on 2006 fish runs and fisheries: Cindy LeFleur, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. | |
| 11. | 2 - 3pm | Council decision to approve decision document for FY 2007-2009 fish and wildlife funding recommendations: John Shurts, general counsel; Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; and Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager. | |
| 12. | 3 - 3:15pm | Update on NEPA compliance for fish and wildlife projects: Greg Delwiche, Bonneville Power Administration. | download 130k PDF |
| 13. | 3:15pm | Council business:
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The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change. Public comment will be taken after each agenda item as time allows.
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